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    This document discusses helping verbs in English grammar. It explains that helping verbs are also called auxiliary verbs and do not have meaning on their own, but are used to form tenses, aspects, moods, and questions. There are three primary helping verbs - be, do, and have - which are used to make continuous tenses, passive voice, perfect tenses, negatives, questions, and emphasis. There are also 10 modal helping verbs like can, may, will, shall, must, and ought to that modify the meaning of the main verb. Finally, there are three semi-modal verbs - need, dare, and used to.

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    This document discusses helping verbs in English grammar. It explains that helping verbs are also called auxiliary verbs and do not have meaning on their own, but are used to form tenses, aspects, moods, and questions. There are three primary helping verbs - be, do, and have - which are used to make continuous tenses, passive voice, perfect tenses, negatives, questions, and emphasis. There are also 10 modal helping verbs like can, may, will, shall, must, and ought to that modify the meaning of the main verb. Finally, there are three semi-modal verbs - need, dare, and used to.

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    This document discusses helping verbs in English grammar. It explains that helping verbs are also called auxiliary verbs and do not have meaning on their own, but are used to form tenses, aspects, moods, and questions. There are three primary helping verbs - be, do, and have - which are used to make continuous tenses, passive voice, perfect tenses, negatives, questions, and emphasis. There are also 10 modal helping verbs like can, may, will, shall, must, and ought to that modify the meaning of the main verb. Finally, there are three semi-modal verbs - need, dare, and used to.

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    HelpingVerbs(EnglishClub.com)
    Helpingverbsarealsocalled"auxiliaryverbs".
    Helpingverbshavenomeaningontheirown.Theyarenecessaryforthe
    grammaticalstructureofasentence,buttheydonottellusverymuchalone.We
    usuallyusehelpingverbswithmainverbs.They"help"themainverb(whichhas
    therealmeaning).Thereareonlyabout15helpingverbsinEnglish,andwedivide
    themintotwobasicgroups:

    Primaryhelpingverbs(3verbs)
    Thesearetheverbsbe,do,andhave.Notethatwecanusethesethreeverbsas
    helpingverbsorasmainverbs.Onthispagewetalkaboutthemashelpingverbs.
    Weusetheminthefollowingcases:

    be
    tomakecontinuoustenses(HeiswatchingTV.)
    tomakethepassive(Smallfishareeatenbybigfish.)

    have
    tomakeperfecttenses(Ihavefinishedmyhomework.)

    do
    tomakenegatives(Idonotlikeyou.)
    toaskquestions(Doyouwantsomecoffee?)
    toshowemphasis(Idowantyoutopassyourexam.)
    tostandforamainverbinsomeconstructions(Hespeaksfasterthanshe
    does.)

    Modalhelpingverbs(10verbs)
    Weusemodalhelpingverbsto"modify"themeaningofthemainverbinsome
    way.Amodalhelpingverbexpressesnecessityorpossibility,andchangesthe
    mainverbinthatsense.Thesearethemodalverbs:
    can,could
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    may,might
    will,would,
    shall,should
    must
    oughtto
    Hereareexamplesusingmodalverbs:
    Ican'tspeakChinese.
    Johnmayarrivelate.
    Wouldyoulikeacupofcoffee?
    Youshouldseeadoctor.
    Ireallymustgonow.

    Semimodalverbs(3verbs)
    Thefollowingverbsareoftencalled"semimodals"becausetheyarepartlylikemodal
    helpingverbsandpartlylikemainverbs:
    need,dare,usedto

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